In June 2013 CVVM investigated, how Czech citizens evaluate material living conditions of their households and economic situation in the Czech Republic. During June and July comparable surveys on this theme were carried out also in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.

According to June survey 48% of Czechs are concerned with the situation regarding present economical crisis, 50% do not care about it.

In June 2013, citizens of the Czech Republic evaluated how satisfied they are with the situation in 29 selected areas of public life. The best evaluated areas are the selection of goods and services (76 % satisfied) and culture (61 %). The worst evaluated items are corruption (87 % dissatisfied), economic crime (79 %), unemployment (78 %), the situation in public finances (73 %), the political situation (70 %) and the area of social security (66 %).

The survey of May touched briefly the issue of drugs in the Czech Republic. People were asked whether and how much they perceive the current situation regarding drug use to be a problem in the Czech Republic as a country, and specifically in their place of residence. Furthermore, the survey investigated whether institutions in the Czech Republic deal with the drug problem adequately, and some issues regarding addicted persons and their treatment.

Public attitudes to HIV/AIDS were the topic of the May survey. Majority of Czechs (80 %) are not afraid of HIV infection, but 74 % percent of them believe that AIDS currently poses problem for the Czech Republic. Sixty two percent believe that the relevant institutions engage in AIDS issues adequately. 

June's survey of CVVM asked questions regarding the relationship of workers to their jobs. On the one hand, the survey focused on the topics such as job satisfaction, perception of workplace climate and subjective evaluation of adequacy of earnings. On the other hand, the aim was also to determine, what is the proportion of workers considering the possibility of changing their job, what they think about the probability of job loss and what would be the pattern of searching for a new job opportunity in such a case.

In June survey CVVM investigated whether the respondents in case of their unemployment would accept a job requiring certain concessions, such as overtime work, nightwork, work on weekends or higher work rate.

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In June survey CVVM investigated opinions of Czech citizens related to the level and the future trend of unemployment in Czech Republic as well as to the situation on labour-market in the place of their living.

In June's survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre, citizens of the Czech Republic evaluated the activities of political parties and institutions. Standard school classification was used for the evaluation, where the best performance is represented by number one and the worst performance by number five. The best rating, with an average score of less than 3, was received by the Ombudsman (2,47) followed by the President of the Republic (2,87). The best evaluated party was the Czech Social Democratic Party (3,17). The remaining institutions and political parties were evaluated as follows: the President of the Senate (3,39), the President of the Chamber of Deputies (3,47), the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (3,57), the Senate (3,57), the party TOP 09 (3,67), the premier (3,69), the Government (3,79), the Czech Social Democratic Party (3,83), the Chamber of Deputies (3,83) and the political party Public Affairs (4,18).

In June survey Public Opinion Research Centre examined how Czech citizens see the financial situation of their households. They evaluated whether it is difficult to manage with their earnings, but also talked about attitudinal feeling of poverty.